I am waiting for a professional do you like me yes/no/maybe check one answer right now, and I am not doing a very good job of not driving my friends and family crazy with my Eeyore stoicism and nervous upset stomach. I have also broken out with strange rosacea-like blargh across my cheeks, because my body likes to think of new and interesting ways to rebel every time I intellectually compartmentalize anxiety and pretend it's not there, but this is still better than that GIGANTIC HEINOUS FEVER BLISTER I got on my lip when Mom went into surgery. (Anxiety I calmly refuse to acknowledge has, over the years, also chosen to express itself as dizzy spells, blood pressure spikes, severe fatigue, nausea, facial blemishes, and, on occasion, boils. I am hoping none of the other plagues of Egypt show up.)
Meanwhile! As I am waiting! We have many things to discuss.
My sister has a new cat, and his name is Jackson. (ETA: My sister does not have a new cat here.)
There is a new
Made of Fail episode up.
Also, a Help Pakistan fandom auction (I heard something to the effect that 20% of the country is underwater?).
Mark is now three chapters into Order of the Phoenix. Stephen Fry is... on his way to Mobile, Alabama? I don't even know.
Entertainment linkspam! Man, it's nice when I can keep reasonably on top of this stuff and not spam you with a Wall o' Text.
'Avatar' DVD and Blu-ray to Include an Even Longer Cut of the Film. Nine minutes longer. O THE HUMANITY.
Trailer for Danny Boyle's '127 Hours' Starring James Franco. ... I don't think I'm going to be able to watch this.
Neil Gaiman On His 'Doctor Who' Episode And Deleted Scene. Scream 4 Attracts Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell. Speaking of whom!
'True Blood' Stars Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer Are Married! AWWWW.
Could Weta Make 'Panzer 88' the Next Big Thing? Why the Lost Epilogue Doesn't Ruin the Show. 'Breaking Dawn' May Ditch Shooting in Rio After Hostage Crisis. YES. I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT.
(Side note: in addition to thirty-five people taken hostage and one person killed, Brazil is unusually...
intense... with the Twilight fannishness, as I understand it. I would kind of maybe strenuously suggest the production not go there.)
Speaking of Really Scary Real-Life Things:
100 Reasons David Fincher Might Have Made the Wrong Facebook Movie, or,
The 100-Name Facebook Hit List Terrifying a Colombian Town, which has already resulted in three teenagers dead. Don't go there either.
'Inside Job' Trailer: In Case You Didn't Realize Wall St. Effed Everyone. And finally, not intended as the Uwe Boll Slot:
Imagining Scott Pilgrim's Gruesome Alternate Ending.